Re:Facebook – You are the Product
by Swizec on Wednesday August 16, 2017 @07:34PM
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> Distance doesn't mean you can't be friends. But I do make a point to talk with them once a week (we game together) unless someone is gone on a vacation or something like that.
I know, I too have some close friends that I only saw in person many years after we became friends. We do have an IRC channel for a lot of these friends, but the 9 hour time difference seems to really throw a wrench into things.
Especially now that people have gotten lives. They close the computer after work (which is when I start waking up) and go do stuff with their partners. When they're online and chattering away, is most often when I'm asleep.
So yeah distance doesn't matter at all in my experience, but timezone difference matters a lot.
That said, these are not friends I would invite to a huge party anyway because they're too far to make it. We hang out when we're on the same continent.
I know, I too have some close friends that I only saw in person many years after we became friends. We do have an IRC channel for a lot of these friends, but the 9 hour time difference seems to really throw a wrench into things.
Especially now that people have gotten lives. They close the computer after work (which is when I start waking up) and go do stuff with their partners. When they're online and chattering away, is most often when I'm asleep.
So yeah distance doesn't matter at all in my experience, but timezone difference matters a lot.
That said, these are not friends I would invite to a huge party anyway because they're too far to make it. We hang out when we're on the same continent.